Peer Partners in Teaching

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Nancy Markowitz

Faculty-in-ResidenceElementary Education, Professor

Nancy will facilitate monthly conversations and each participating faculty will have
the opportunity to observe someone else teach and to learn from that peer collaboration.
This faculty peer observation-collaboration format was first used in the Teacher-Scholars
program, and was found to be both enjoyable and instructive.

The Professional Dialogs in Teaching Learning Community meets once a month this fall.
Participants attend either on a Tuesday or a Wednesday. The venue is at IRC #207.

A journal article by Larry K. Michaelsen, of the University of Oklahoma focusing on
successful strategies for utilizing group learning. Michaelsen feels that 3 critical
components contribute to positive outcomes in group learning: accountability, linked
assignments, and information exchange.